Coronavirus has continued to penetrate the Nigerian polity, with a four-year-old boy having tested positive in Bauchi State.
Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary HealthCare Development Agency (BASPHCDA), confirmed this on Saturday.
By Saturday alone, 220 people tested positive for the virus across Nigeria, with 17 deaths recorded, according to the National Centre for Disease and Control.
Lagos, Kano and the Federal Capital Territory are topping the most infected areas.
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, had also been infected by the disease, followed by two other governors (Oyo and Kaduna) all of whom have survived the pandemic.
Mohammed, however, also said that out of 38 repatriated Quranic Education pupils (Almajiris) from Kano state, seven confirmed positive to the virus.
“The four year old child that tested positive for the virus is a contact of another person who returned from Lagos.
“Also, out of the 38 repatriated Quranic Education pupils (Almajiris), seven were confirmed positive of COVID-19.
“So far, all the repatriated Almajiris that tested positive for the disease in Bauchi are from Kano state,” he said.
The PHCDA boss also told NAN that out of the 48 confirmed cases in the state, five medical personnel tested positive to the deadly disease.
He said that the state would embark on a massive contact tracing, urging residents to report anybody coming into the state from any of the high risk states.
Mohammed said this was necessary in order to conduct a test or isolate such a person as soon as possible.
He added that most of the cases recorded in the state were returnees from either Kano, Lagos, Portharcourt and Enugu states.
“Apart from the index case, who is the governor of Bauchi state, all our cases are returnees who might have traveled to either Lagos, Portharcourt, Kano or Enugu states,” he said.
Bauchi state recorded 10 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 48.
Six have been discharged so far with zero death recorded in the state
